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Detraction's a bold monster, and fears not To wound the fame of princes, if it find But any blemish in their lives to work on.

Philip Massinger

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Philip Massinger
Age: 57 †
Born: 1583
Born: January 1
Died: 1640
Died: January 1
Dramatist
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Salisbury
England
Philip Massinger
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Detraction
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